anchor
/ˈæŋ.kɚ/ verbe C1En français : ancrer
- To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor. · Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
- To stop; to fix or rest.
- To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
- To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- To stick; to make (something) unable to move away from a position.
He/she/it anchors · Prétérit anchored · Participe passé anchored · Forme en -ing anchoring
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- anchor
- He/she/it
- anchors
- Prétérit
- anchored
- Participe passé
- anchored
- Forme en -ing
- anchoring
Dans la bibliothèque
“There is a felucca for you at anchor.
Even across the street I could see a great blue anchor tattooed on the back of the fellow’s hand.
Morrel had, in reality, no hope but the return of the Pharaon, of whose departure he had learnt from a vessel which had weighed anchor at the same time, and which had already arrived in harbor.
The air and water were shining in the beams of the morning sun; on the shore the sailors were sitting, chatting and laughing; and at ten yards from them the boat was at anchor, undulating gracefully on the water.
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